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Social Interactons Flashcards

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According to ekman what emotions are universal

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Anger, sadness, happiness, surprise, contempt, disgust, fear

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Social sanctions

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A way that emotions are sanctioned between genders

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Self presentation

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How we choose to present ourself to others

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Self disclosure

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What you disclose about yourself to others

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Managing apearneces

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How you present yourself (clothes, grooming) and how you act

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Ingratiation

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Sucking up to others

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Aligning actions

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Justifying decisions/ making up excuses to make u look better

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Altercasting

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Flip focus onto other people to make them act the way you want

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Dramaturgical approach

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Theory of self presentation.
Backstage self is true self (not following script or aligning with expectations)
Front stage self is how you present to others

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Attraction components

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  1. Physical attractiveness
  2. Proximity
  3. Similarity
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Mere exposure effect

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The more interaction you have with someone the more you like them

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Attraction: similarity

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More in common = more atttraction

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What hormone is associated with aggression

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Testosterone

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Attachment

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Bond forms between children and caregivers and can manifest in different attachment styles

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Secure attachment

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Consistent, responsive, caring caregiver relationship
- some distress when they leave but will adjust and be excited when they come back

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Ambivalent attachment

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Caregiver cares inconsistently for infant
- intense distress when caregiver leaves and mixed emotions upon return

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Avoidant attatchement

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Infant will not care if caregiver comes and goes
- neglectful caregiver

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Disoriented attachment

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Hesitant and confused reactions from infant when caregiver returns
- indicative of abuse

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Atruism

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Helping others for the cost of oneself

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Social support

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Informational, emotional, material, companionship ,

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Foraging

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How animals search for food

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Fischerian selection

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Attractive traits signal genetic fitness and are desirable for mating

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Game theory

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Game theory is the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers, an umbrella term for the science of logical decision making. Social action refers to an act which takes into account the actions and reactions of individuals.

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Inclusive fitness

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  • biological way to explain altruism
    Self sacrifice for the sake of the gene line
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Ethnicity

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Cultural background

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Symbolic ethnicity

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People invoke ethnic identity under specific limitations
- ex: Irish Americans on st Patrick’s day

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Nationality

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Legal concept referring to citizenship

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Gender identity

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How someone chooses to present their gender

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Sexual orientation

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Sex that you are physically attracted to

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Romantic orientation

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Asymmetry between who one wants to sleep with and who they feel connection to

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Socialization

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Receive information about cultural values and expectations about identity (gender , sexual orientation)

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Psychosexual perspective

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Sexual conflicts during development if unsolved will contribute to shaping identity

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Looking glass self

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How we build our concept of ourself based on what people reflect back to us
- perception of how other poepel perceive us, contributes to how we see us

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Role playing

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Roles are constructed in a way that replicate expectations from society
- targeted toward self

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Impression management

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Impact how others see us in a social setting

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Role strain

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Stress from overlapping roles that are usually incompatible

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Self concept

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How you perceive yourself

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Self schemas

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Categories we place ourselves into that determine our behaviors

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Self verification

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We seek to have others perceive us the way we perceive ourselves

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Self identity

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More based on personal characteristics than self schemas (self concept)

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Locus of control

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How we attribute responsibility to things that happen in life, internal or external

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High self efficacy is associated with which locus of control

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Internal

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Self esteem

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Ones self worth

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